spray painting the bumper

[phillyb]

ok, my bumper is hideous. i figure i'll document what i'm doing here. i'm sure it'll turn out horribly.

before pics





it's got cracks, holes, and stress marks. i just took it off and started hand sanding it.
this is the first time i'm going to do any kind of remote "body" work. i painted the gas lid and i'm pleased with results at least, but there were no paint/surface imperfections with it.
the bumper is a different story.
what do i fill the holes with?
bondo?
body filler?

edited to add a pic of the way the gas cap came out...that's literally with 5 coats of clear. wet sanded with 1500 between the last two coats. eventually, i'll polish it.



at night after the rain



10/28 edit



bumper's obviously off the car. going at it with some 80 grit, idk if it's too coarse or what. i'm painting everything, so i'm sanding everything.
use another finer grit before primer? idk. maybe some 120?
i gotta figure out how to use this body filler.

edit



holes are outlined in red. i got some adhesive body patch and i still have some body filler. i will start with that stuff tomorrow.

10/30 edit



i really need to figure out wtf i'm doing and get a real camera. hahahha

11/2 edit



more filling and more sanding and more cleaning. i found out the hard way that all the spots that were sanded down to the actual bumper (not paint) need to be filled. so that's what i'm doing.

11/4 edit



filled and sanded more. i think i got it to the point of being able to prime. went 220 all the way around. over the bondo and over the parts that are just painted. we'll see how it comes out.



first coat of primer on
after the first coat of primer dried, i noticed two tiny holes the size of a pin head...ugh, fml. got out the body filler and filled them.
after it dried, i sanded that area with 220.
then i wetsanded everything with 600.
then i wetsanded everything with 1000.
i dried it and sprayed another coat of primer.



11/6

this is how the car sat as of this morning...



i'm gonna take the bumper back off and basically start from scratch. sand a whole bunch and do more body filler. it's not up to snuff.



edit - 11/8

sanded the bondo down with 60 and 80 and then 120. went at it with the primer again. looks ok...



edit 11/9



sanded, filled some more...gonna sand a bit more and put another coat of primer on. probably gonna leave it be for a day, sand and then apply black.

edit 11/10







bumper has it's first coat of black on it. the first can of black paint i had was doing that annoying shit where the spray pattern is fucked up and it was spraying dots everywhere. cap clogged? idk. new can of paint went on fine. the coat is way too thick, but whatever. might sand it tonight, might wait until tomorrow. still looks a hell of a lot better than before.

edit 11/11

wetsanded with 400. gonna let it dry and then apply another coat.



another coat of paint



edit 11/12

took the bumper outside...this is what it looks like



wet sanded with 800, it currently looks like this



i gotta go get more black paint to lay on another coat.

bumper back on the car

[rodrigo]

use a guide coat nigro before painting so u can spot high spots.....

spray a light primer and use a guide coat and re sand ...if u want great results

only after the bumper is nice and smooth (and straight....contoured) then u paint after another coat of primer

[phillyb]

smooth like a baby's bottom

[nobrakez]

Originally Posted by phillyb it's got cracks, holes, and stress marks.

..Sounds like a girl I used to date. couldn't fix her either.

In all seriousness, I rattle canned one of my z's before and it didnt come out half bad. So this is definitly doable, and if you sand between coats should look ok.

[rodrigo]

unless u have bodyshop experience... what u consider smooth...will most likely look like shit when shiny.

also keep in mind primer is dull.... it wont reveal undulations like a panel thats painted and cleared.....

just giving you a heads up

[CosmicArkie]

Like Lenny said, light gray primer with a couple good coats, then a dark gray or black dusting for a guide coat. You don't want to cover, just enough to give you an indication of high/low/imperfections when you are sanding. If you're rattle canning, you might want to go a little finer than the 220 - down to 320 or 400 maybe.

[rodrigo]

im not quite sure philly is willing to invest all this time in doing it properly. but i thought he should know nonetheless......

i always left all my hot rods primered grey or black for this purpose alone..... u can get away with alot more imperfections when the last coat is dull rather than shinny

keep posting pics but not the cell pics u keep sending me fag....snap some shots with a camera

[dooderek]

so you gunna put red stripes on it too?

[rodrigo]

omg philly...that first primer coat picture looks like u made a bumper out of playdough .... i hope its just the shitty camera..... cuz it looks lumpier than fucken gerry

[phillyb]

shit sucks

[rodrigo]

bump for textured paint

[sellers]

In for fail

[gtarman77787]

you forgot to post the other 5 or so pictures i sent you

[rodrigo]

Originally Posted by gtarman77787 you forgot to post the other 5 or so pictures i sent you

ty for doing this... i was getting mighty tired of spending .39 on every send to my email

[gtarman77787]

i seriously hate it
every fucking day i get like 6 picture messages from him that i have to send to his email

GET A FUCKING CAMERA PHILLY
FUCK!

[rodrigo]

hahahahhahahahaha ..........

naggers gonna nag

[Neverlift]

Bondo is gonna straight fall off. That guy is comical.

[phillyb]

bump

[rodrigo]

bump for the hardest working niggah with bondo

[phillyb]

new pic added

[phillyb]

edit

[rodrigo]

bubububump

[mr.history]

pictures are so grainy it is hard to tell

[gtarman77787]

Originally Posted by mr.history my vagina is so grainy it is hard to tell

fixed

[phillyb]

ugh, i know...they're horrible
thanks for donating btw

[dooderek]

Originally Posted by phillyb ugh, i know...they're horrible thanks for donating btw

harhar

mr.history put your smexy ass wife back as your avatar. i haz to use porn to beat off since then

[danesti]

dude wtf?
you`re fixing body work these days?
I thought you were only into making shit more fucked up... case in point.. ms3.

[socks]

philly im gonna ban you from this thread if you post one more crappy picture.

find a real camera.

[phillyb]

fuck your mother sean

[phillyb]

bump

[sellers]

Get one of the handle attachments for the spray can from walmart.

[phillyb]

no

[sellers]

K

[tbot]

wtf...can't post replies again...

...now I can't type what I wanna say...

which is

[phillyb]

lol
looks like shit philly

[tbot]

Edit: I give up...fuckin "forbidden error"

[phillyb]

this is what i've been taking pics with...



hahahahahaha, until i whipped out my busted ass iphone last night. pics still suck

[tbot]

since I can't type the post out...here's a screen shot:

[forcedinduktion]

+1 on the guide coat, i learned that the hard way

[Tommy]

Philly, you add any flex agent to that body filler? The shit tends to crack without it.